Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #11 - A Preview/Review
The Hesguard Institute is the most secure facility of its kind. Located in the heart of a time storm, is is all but impossible to reach without a specially shielded ship and even harder to escape. Not...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 3
In which we explore Carl Linksy's secret warehouse office, drug some bananas for the sheer, simple joy of doing so (and not because we will need drugged bananas later) and have a much better...
View ArticleThe Flash Episode Guide: Season 3, Episode 18 - Abra Kadabra
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotGypsy returns from Earth 19 in pursuit of another dimension-hopping criminal - one from the 64th century, armed with advanced...
View ArticleLegends of Tomorrow: Season 2, Episode 16 - Doomworld
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotWith The Spear of Destiny in the hands of The Legion of Doom, reality has been rewritten and The Legends have never existed!...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 4
It's logic puzzles galore, as we have to tape together a cut-up key-card, Ā transpose times to open a safe and explore some ancient Anasazi ruins in order to find a hidden laboratory. At least we get to...
View ArticleArrow Episode Guide: Season 5, Episode 18 - Disbanded
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotHaving disbanded the Team Arrow and given up his cowl and bow in the wake of a week's torture, Oliver turns to his old allies...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 5
In which we explore the secret lab of Bosworth Clark and then do some real detective work - i.e. making phone-calls, going through legal records and asking people the same questions over and over in...
View ArticleClean Room #17 - A Review
The Entities have unleashed their first major offensive upon our world. It is the moment that Astird Mueller has been preparing for all her life, yet she isn't leading the attack. Instead, she is...
View ArticleGreen Lantern/Space Ghost Special #1 - A Review
Sent to investigate a message regarding a weapon from beyond the boundaries of known space, Green Lantern Ā Hal Jordan soon finds himself in a place his ring cannot identify. Worse yet, he is engaged in...
View ArticleTitans Annual #1 - A Review
Eight heroes. Four mentors. Four pupils. Four Titans. Four Justice League founders. Trapped in a maze that resists their every effort to map it or escape it by an unseen enemy, they must overcome their...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 6
In which we meet billionaire philanthropist J. Saint Gideon, who is absolutely NOT the ultimate bad guy of this game even though his first appearance is preceded by dramatic music and ominous chanting...
View ArticleGone To Fan Expo Dallas 2017 - Be Back Monday!
I will be representingKabooooom.com at Fan Expo Dallas 2017this weekend. I'm also coming out of retirement to riff on the liveĀ The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Amber Does DallasĀ at noon on...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 7
In which we head to the Big Surf Lodge and a confrontation with hired killer Big Jim Slade. By which I mean we hide in closets and showers in an effort to avoid a confrontation, because he's the kind...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 8
In which we infiltrate the offices of the fascist Law and Order Party and I briefly break the game by typing in a password before I should have learned it. We also learn that one of CAPIRCORN's agents...
View ArticleLegends of Tomorrow: Season 2, Episode 17 - Aruba
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotWith Amaya dead, Snart alive, Stein having forgotten who he is and The Spear of Destiny destroyed, all of reality is in risk...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 9
In which we track down Robert Knott of the Law and Order Party and pull The Oldest Trick In The Book to bring about the most unlikely escape ever. We then get to enjoy an honestly well-acted scene...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 10
In which we perform brain surgery on ourselves - a task made easier by judicious use of a cheat code (Don't judge - that brain maze puzzle is impossible!) and break back into The Law and Order Party HQ...
View ArticleBatgirl Annual #1 - A Review
My Wednesday morning comic shop was shorted on Batgirl Annual #1. So I didn't get a chance to pick it up when it came out last week. Thankfully, it proved more than worth the wait!The first story, by...
View ArticlePathfinder: Worldscape #6 - A Review
The city of Shareen is razed and the Empress Camilla lies dead. Alas, the sorcerer Kulan Gath has acquired her scepter and what remains of Camilla's circle of advisors have joined him to acquire the...
View ArticleStarman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 11
In which - after a quick demonstration of how the death scenes work in a game set in flashback - we endure an annoying, trial-and-error sequence to bring down... BIG JIM SLADE! We top it all off by...
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